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100 1  Piore, Adam,|eauthor. 
245 14 The body builders :|binside the science of the engineered 
       human /|cAdam Piore. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins 
       Publishers,|c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    376 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and 
       index. 
505 0  Moving. The bionic man who builds bionic people : 
       replicating the way we move ; The birth of Bamm-Bamm : 
       decoding the genome and rewriting it ; The man with the 
       pixie dust : regenerative medicine and the quest to regrow
       limbs -- Sensing. The woman who can see with her ears : 
       neuroplasticity and learning pills ; Soldiers with Spidey 
       sense : intuition and implicit learning ; The telepathy 
       technician : decoding the brain and imagined speech -- 
       Thinking. The boy who remembers everything : Viagra for 
       the brain ; The surgeon conducting the symphony : DBS and 
       the power of electricity ; Sudden savants : unleashing the
       inner muse. 
520    A tour of the current revolution in human augmentation 
       explores how the world's most innovative engineers are 
       helping people repair traumatic injuries while 
       transcending physical and mental limitations. 
520    "Weaving together vivid storytelling and groundbreaking 
       science, The Body Builders dives into the current 
       revolution in human augmentation and explores how these 
       new technologies are helping us triumph over the 
       boundaries of our bodies and our minds. For millennia 
       humans have tried--and often failed--to master nature and 
       transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The 
       new scientific frontier is the human body: The greatest 
       engineers of our generation have turned their sights 
       inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize 
       mankind. In The Body Builders, Adam Piore takes us on a 
       fascinating journey into the field of bioengineering--
       which can be used to reverse engineer, rebuild, and 
       augment human beings--and paints a vivid portrait of the 
       people at its center. Chronicling the ways new technology 
       has retooled our physical expectations and mental 
       processes, Piore visits people who have regrown parts of 
       their fingers and legs in the wake of terrible traumas, 
       tries on a muscle suit that allows him to lift ninety 
       pounds with his fingertips, dips into the race to create 
       "Viagra for the brain," and shadows the doctors trying to 
       give mute patients the ability to communicate 
       telepathically. As science continues to lay bare the 
       mysteries of human performance, it is helping us to see--
       and exist--beyond our expectations. The Body Builders will
       take readers past the headlines and the hype to introduce 
       them to the inner workings and the outer reaches of our 
       bodies and minds, and to explore how new developments are 
       changing, and will forever change, what is possible for 
       humankind."--Jacket. 
650  0 Bioengineering. 
650  0 Biomedical engineering. 
650  0 Synthetic biology. 
650  7 SCIENCE / Biotechnology.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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650  7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience.|2bisacsh 
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